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Brazil's 'Miss BumBum 2013' winner strikes pose

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Brazil's "Miss BumBum 2013" winner Daiane Macedo strikes a pose in this file photo taken on Nov. 13, 2013.

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Photographers cover Brazil's 'Miss BumBum' contest in 2013

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Photographers cover a "Miss BumBum 2013" contest as shown in this file photo taken on Nov. 13, 2013.

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Joseph Nye

CAMBRIDGE, United States - Joseph Nye, distinguished service professor at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, is interviewed in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Nov. 13, 2013.

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China to end forced labor, ease 1-child policy

BEIJING, China - Photo shows Chinese President Xi Jinping during a ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 13, 2013. On Nov. 15, China's Communist Party released a detailed version of its reform blueprint for the next five to 10 years, under which the country will abolish its controversial system of forced labor camps and ease its long-standing one-child policy. (Pool photo)

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Buddhist priests reviewing funerals

TOKYO, Japan - Hideo Usui (standing), chief executive of Jiin Design Co., which provides business advice to Buddhist temples, addresses the first meeting of a study panel on Buddhist funerals at the Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai building in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Nov. 13, 2013. Around 30 priests from across Japan gathered for the meeting.

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Imperial graveyard

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 13, 2013, shows the tomb of the late Emperor Showa at the Musashi Imperial Graveyard in Hachioji, western Tokyo. The Imperial Household Agency said the following day it has decided to switch to cremation for the emperor and empress rather than burial, which has been the tradition for 350 years.

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Imperial graveyard

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 13, 2013, shows the tomb of the late Emperor Showa at the Musashi Imperial Graveyard in Hachioji, western Tokyo. The Imperial Household Agency said the following day it has decided to switch to cremation for the emperor and empress rather than burial, which has been the tradition for 350 years.

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Imperial graveyard

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 13, 2013, shows the tomb of the late Emperor Showa (L) and that of the late Empress Kojun, his wife, at the Musashi Imperial Graveyard in Hachioji, western Tokyo. The Imperial Household Agency said the following day it has decided to switch to cremation for the emperor and empress rather than burial, which has been the tradition for 350 years.

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Four World Trade Center

NEW YORK, United States - Architect Fumihiko Maki speaks at the opening of Four World Trade Center in lower Manhattan on Nov. 13, 2013. The building was the first to open on the original site since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

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Four World Trade Center

NEW YORK, United States - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (C) and President and CEO of Silverstein Properties Larry Silverstein (R) cut the ceremonial ribbon at the opening of Four World Trade Center on Nov. 13, 2013 in lower Manhattan. The building was the first to open on the original World Trade Center site after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

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Coca-Cola exec in Japan

OITA, Japan - Ahmet Bozer, executive vice president and president of Coca-Cola International, speaks at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in Beppu, Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 13, 2013.

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Kimchi event

SEOUL, South Korea - About 3,000 people take part in an event to make kimchi in Seoul, South Korea, on Nov. 13, 2013.

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Typhoon-hit Philippines

CEBU CITY, Philippines - A boy drinks supplied juice after taking refuge at an air force base in Cebu Island, the Philippines, on Nov. 13, 2013, evacuating on a military airplane from Samar Island after Typhoon Haiyan hit the area.

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Kimchi event

SEOUL, South Korea - About 3,000 people take part in an event to make kimchi in Seoul, South Korea, on Nov. 13, 2013.

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Typhoon-hit Philippines

CEBU CITY, Philippines - A woman and her daughter are pictured after taking refuge at an air force base in Cebu Island, the Philippines, on Nov. 13, 2013, evacuating on a military airplane from Samar Island after Typhoon Haiyan hit the area.

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Kimchi event

SEOUL, South Korea - About 3,000 people take part in an event to make kimchi in Seoul, South Korea, on Nov. 13, 2013.

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H.K. vessel

HONG KONG, China - Activists wave on a vessel of the Action Committee for Defending the Diaoyu Islands leaving a pier in Hong Kong on Nov. 13, 2013. Hong Kong authorities later blocked the vessel, assuming it would head for the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, which China and Taiwan also claim.

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H.K. vessel

HONG KONG, China - A vessel of the Action Committee for Defending the Diaoyu Islands leaves a pier in Hong Kong on Nov. 13, 2013. Hong Kong authorities later blocked the vessel, assuming it would head for the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, which China and Taiwan also claim.

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Christmas tree illumination

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 13, 2013, shows the shape of a Christmas tree illuminated on the wall of a hotel in Tokyo's Minato Ward.

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Kyushu sumo

FUKUOKA, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho (R) pushes No. 2 maegashira Kyokutenho out of the ring on Nov. 13, 2013, the fourth day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament, at Fukuoka Kokusai Center in the city of Fukuoka.

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IOC team in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Gilbert Felli (L), the International Olympic Committee's executive director for the Olympic Games, is greeted by Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda after arriving at the Ajinomoto National Training Center in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2013. An IOC team led by Felli will hold an orientation seminar for Japanese organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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Russian, S. Korean presidents

SEOUL, South Korea - Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and South Korean President Park Geun Hye shake hands prior to holding talks at the Blue House in Seoul on Nov. 13, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Japanese, S. Korean vice defense ministers

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Vice Defense Minister Masanori Nishi (L) and South Korean Vice Defense Minister Baek Seung Joo hold talks in Seoul on Nov. 13, 2013.

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Japanese, S. Korean vice defense ministers

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Vice Defense Minister Masanori Nishi (L) and South Korean Vice Defense Minister Baek Seung Joo shake hands prior to holding talks in Seoul on Nov. 13, 2013.

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IOC team in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Gilbert Felli (L), the International Olympic Committee's executive director for the Olympic Games, shakes hands with Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda after arriving at the Ajinomoto National Training Center in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2013. An IOC team led by Felli will hold an orientation seminar for Japanese organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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Abe gives thank-you letter to Chinese student

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese student Yan Jun (L) receives a letter of commendation from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2013, for rescuing a boy from a swollen river in Osaka during a typhoon in September. Abe applauded Yan for his "courageous act."

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JR Hokkaido apologizes for data falsification

SAPPORO, Japan - Makoto Nojima (C), president of Hokkaido Railway Co., known as JR Hokkaido, holds a press conference at the company's headquarters in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Nov. 13, 2013, where he apologized over the railway operator's falsification of maintenance data.

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JR Hokkaido apologizes for data falsification

SAPPORO, Japan - Makoto Nojima (C), president of Hokkaido Railway Co., known as JR Hokkaido, bows with others at a press conference at the company's headquarters in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Nov. 13, 2013, where he apologized over the railway operator's falsification of maintenance data.

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Test for Fukushima No. 4 unit fuel removal

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter over the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 13, 2013, shows the No. 4 reactor building (back) and the building housing the common spent-fuel pool (front) at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Tokyo Electric Power Co. conducted a test for nuclear fuel removal at the plant the same day.

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Test for Fukushima No. 4 unit fuel removal

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter over the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 13, 2013, shows the No. 4 reactor building (back) and the building housing the common spent-fuel pool (front) at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Tokyo Electric Power Co. conducted a test for nuclear fuel removal at the plant the same day.

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Test for Fukushima No. 4 unit fuel removal

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter over the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 13, 2013, shows a heavy vehicle pulling a container to transport fuel, which has arrived at the No. 4 reactor building at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Tokyo Electric Power Co. conducted a test for nuclear fuel removal at the plant the same day.

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Test for Fukushima No. 4 unit fuel removal

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter over the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 13, 2013, shows a heavy vehicle pulling a container to transport fuel, which has arrived at the No. 4 reactor building at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Tokyo Electric Power Co. conducted a test for nuclear fuel removal at the plant the same day.

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Armed guards allowed on vessels to combat piracy

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese Diet enacts a bill on Nov. 13, 2013, to allow security guards to carry rifles aboard Japanese-registered vessels to counter piracy in waters off Somalia and elsewhere, when it cleared the House of Councillors at the Diet building in Tokyo. The legislation is the first Japanese law to authorize private citizens to carry and use firearms.

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Toyota's renovated Harrier

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 13, 2013, in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s latest version of its Harrier luxury crossover vehicle. The company said the same day the fully renovated version of the Harrier, known in overseas market as the Lexus RX, will be launched this winter in Japan.

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Four World Trade Center

NEW YORK, United States - Photo taken on Nov. 11, 2013, shows Four World Trade Center in lower Manhattan. The building was the first to open on Nov. 13, 2013, on the original site since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

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Punishment for lawmaker Inoki

TOKYO, Japan - Antonio Inoki leaves the House of Councillors at the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2013, after the upper house passed a resolution to punish the opposition lawmaker for visiting North Korea without the chamber's permission.

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Konoe reelected president of IFRC

SYDNEY, Australia - Tadateru Konoe of Japan speaks in Sydney on Nov. 13, 2013, shortly after being reelected for his second four-year term as president of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

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Coldest day this autumn in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Women wearing scarves walk in Tokyo's Ginza district on the morning of Nov. 13, 2013. The Japanese capital had its coldest day this autumn when the temperature dropped to 6.4 C the same morning.

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Mazda's Atenza named car of the year

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Mazda Motor Corp.'s Atenza family car, known as the Mazda6 overseas. The Atenza has won the car of the year award of the Automotive Researchers' and Journalists' Conference of Japan, the group said Nov. 13, 2013.

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Mizuho Bank chief summoned to Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Bank President Yasuhiro Sato speaks during a meeting of the House of Representatives' Committee on Financial Affairs at the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2013. Sato was summoned as an unsworn witness to the committee over a scandal involving loans to organized crime groups.

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Mizuho Bank chief summoned to Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Bank President Yasuhiro Sato (3rd from L) attends a meeting of the House of Representatives' Committee on Financial Affairs at the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2013. Sato was summoned as an unsworn witness to the committee over a scandal involving loans to organized crime groups.

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Year of the Snake

SAITAMA, Japan - Snake figurines are made at a foundry in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, on Nov. 13, 2012, ahead of the Year of the Snake in 2013.